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By: Biton

Biton — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

I just picked up a TB USB 2 from newegg.com for $99 (after rebate). I love this time of year.

By: Zevi

Zevi — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

How is this not spam?

By: Cyan

Cyan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

did you intentionally use an exclamation point like the article did an excessive amount of times?

By: Yul

Yul — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

Western Digital My Book—will never purchase another one of those 1TB drives. Maybe the smaller externals are better. Seagate FreeAgent ROCKS!Maxtor—always reliable!If you’re going for more storage, bigger is definitely better. Thanks for posting, loyalKNG.

By: Binder

Binder — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

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By: Xing xing

Xing xing — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

@EMFK “Maxtor—always reliable!” – I guess you never actually used these then? Maxtor’s error correction is one of the worst around – it forgets about the bad sectors that it maps out, which is a feature that now leaked in to some Seagate drives as well.. If that is your definition of that reliable, then go for it. Store your most critical data right on it…

By: October

October — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

Western Digital > Seagate > Maxtor > A homeless person with a pen and paper > Hitachi.

By: Damani

Damani — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

@TonyCubed: QFT.I guess these things go in cycles, but IBM/Hitachi had a terrible year or two with their DeathStar drives, and Maxtor had a bad reputation for a few years after that as being cheap and shoddy.Typically though most people base their opinion on drive quality on a sample of 1, their own experience. Perhaps they feel the need to reinforce it in their mind so their drive doesn’t fail I’ve had a WD drive for 4 years with no issues, however that doesn’t mean they’re failsafe. WD, Seagate and more recently Samsung seem to have a good reputation for reliable drives, with the first two having several years’ good reputation. However, every batch has duds, that’ll always be the case. Use backups!

By: Orenthal

Orenthal — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

I have 5 Maxtor’s on 3 computers. Only 1 ever game me a problem and of course I had backup.

By: Idella

Idella — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:18 +0000

@mysty:Six Maxtor 1TB drives and none have failed yet. However, it is based on experience using it. Perhaps, if we were limited to only being able to purchase one, we would fall into the category that dfross was discussing. As for storing critical data—use Carbonite. Have used it for awhile and it works like a charm.